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1. 1. Last Seen

   

   After the Civil War, many formerly enslaved people spent years searching for loved ones separated from them by slavery, placing newspaper “information wanted” ads, writing letters, and enlisting church networks. Drawing on an archive of nearly 5,000 such documents, the book reconstructs those searches and the personal stories behind them, highlighting the resilience of the searchers and the human cost of family separation.

   The 12604th Greatest Book of All Time

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